How common is a January 26 birthday?
January 26 is an uncommon birthday in the U.S. It ranks 296th out of 366 days, with an average of 10,876 births a day from 1994 to 2014, 3% fewer than a typical day.
- Rank
- 296th of 366
- Births on an average day
- 10,876
- Zodiac sign
- ♒ Aquarius
- Likely conceived around
- May 5
Where January 26 falls in the year
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Average daily U.S. births, 1994-2014
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Famous people born on January 26
- Vince Carter(1977)
- Wayne Gretzky(1961)
- Paul Newman(1925)
- Peter Braunstein(1964)
- Ellen DeGeneres(1958)
- David Strathairn(1949)
- Nicolae Ceausescu(1918)
- Jules Feiffer(1929)
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics (1994–1999) and Social Security Administration (2000–2014), via FiveThirtyEight. About the data